Bill Text: NY S00052 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires applicant for renewal of a driver's license to pass a written examination with respect to the laws relating to traffic and other matters as the commissioner may prescribe.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S00052 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00052-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           52

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 4, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transporta-
          tion

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring  a
          written exam upon renewal of a driver's license

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 502 of the  vehi-
     2  cle  and  traffic  law, as amended by chapter 37 of the laws of 2019, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (a) A license issued pursuant to  subdivision  five  of  this  section
     5  shall  be valid until the expiration date contained thereon, unless such
     6  license is suspended, revoked or cancelled. Such license may be  renewed
     7  by  submission of an application for renewal, the fee prescribed by law,
     8  proofs of prior licensing, fitness and acceptable vision  prescribed  by
     9  the  commissioner,  the  applicant's  social security number or, in lieu
    10  thereof, with respect to an application for  a  non-commercial  driver's
    11  license  or  learner's  permit which does not meet federal standards for
    12  identification, an affidavit signed by such applicant that they have not
    13  been issued a social security number, and if required by the commission-
    14  er, a photo image of the applicant in  such  numbers  and  form  as  the
    15  commissioner  shall  prescribe.    In  addition,  the commissioner shall
    16  require an applicant for renewal to  pass  a  written  examination  with
    17  respect to the laws relating to traffic and other matters as the commis-
    18  sioner  may  prescribe  including, but not limited to those subjects set
    19  forth in subdivision four of this section. The commissioner may  provide
    20  for  applicants  to  complete  such  examination online or in person. In
    21  addition, an applicant for renewal of a license containing  a  hazardous
    22  material  endorsement  shall pass an examination to retain such endorse-
    23  ment. The commissioner shall, with respect to the renewal of a hazardous

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01504-01-3

        S. 52                               2

     1  materials endorsement, comply with the requirements imposed upon  states
     2  by sections 383.141 and 1572.13 of title 49 of the code of federal regu-
     3  lations.  A  renewal of such license shall be issued by the commissioner
     4  upon  approval of such application, except that no such license shall be
     5  issued if its issuance would be  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of
     6  section  five hundred sixteen of this title, and except that the commis-
     7  sioner may refuse to renew such license if the applicant is  the  holder
     8  of  a  currently  valid  or renewable license to drive issued by another
     9  state or foreign country unless the applicant surrenders such license.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    11  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
    12  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    13  tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
    14  completed on or before such effective date.
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